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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1919
Page
43
Georgia State Federation of Women's Clubs lists organized membership and officers. The document names editors presidents district leaders and officers such as Mrs Rogers Winter Mrs Nellie Peters Black Mrs J E Hays and others with multiple district entries and titles.
Statewide tributes sent by club women honor Mrs Nellie Peters Black on the memorial page. Contributions arrived late for last week’s issue but are presented here as a testament to the affection Georgia women held for her. A state editor thanks all who sent articles showing the deep esteem for Mrs Black.
The Woman's Improvement Club earned high praise for wartime service with Red Cross work, sewing, knitting, and clothing conservation. Members organized drives, sold Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, donated to Red Cross and Armenian relief, and aided base hospitals. A nurse among them served as mercy angel during the influenza outbreak, reflecting steadfast devotion and sacrifice. The group also contributed to Y M C A housing and house-to-house canvassing, with extensive hours logged and thousands of dollars raised.
Georgia Federation and local clubs pass sorrowful resolutions honoring Nellie Peters Black. Messages praise her leadership, public service, and religious faith, noting her work with the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs and the Norwood and Colored Women's Clubs. Her death is mourned as a great loss to federation and community service.
Tributes recount Mrs Nellie Peters Black as Georgia federation president and community leader. She united farmers, educators, and clubwomen, guided war relief and postwar reconstruction, and inspired service with warmth, humor, and unwavering faith. Her death leaves deep loss across Georgia civic life.
Extracts from letters mourn the death of Nellie Peters Black, a leading Georgia federation figure. Presidents and members across the state praise her talent, devotion, and vision, calling her death a severe loss to the federation and to women’s clubs nationwide.
A lyrical tribute extols the selfless roles of Georgian women in war and peace. It praises patriotic mothers nurses and workers, honoring their sacrifice and steadfast faith as guardians of liberty and family.
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